Exam 31: Substance Abuse Disorders

An individual experiencing a heroin overdose has been given one dose of naloxone intravenously.What the priority nursing intervention is to assure patient safety?

A patient asks, "How does Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) work?" Select the nurse's best response.

How is a blackout is described?

During the rehabilitation phase of alcoholism treatment, naltrexone is prescribed.Which statement by the client demonstrates that the medication is achieving.It's intented goal to reduce the pleasurable effects of drinking alcohol.The nurse can expect to teach the patient about what medication?

Which assessment findings support a nurse's suspicion that a patient has possibly been abusing inhalants? (Select all that apply.)

Family members of an individual undergoing a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program ask, "How can we help?" Select the nurse's best response.

An unconscious patient is brought to the emergency department with a suspected heroin overdose.Which vital signs support the suspected diagnosis?

A patient in the emergency department says, "I took a drug that makes me feel like I'm outside my body looking at the world while making colors move like music." What question should the nurse ask to assess for the possible cause of the patient's experience?

How is substance dependence best defined? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse caring for a patient who experienced an opioid overdose will give priority to which focused assessment?

A cocaine abuser complains, "There are bugs crawling under my skin." Which term should the nurse use to document this finding?

The nurse should assure that the milieu for a patient admitted for a hallucinogen overdose should have which features? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse assesses a patient who admits to abusing large quantities of amphetamines.Assessment findings are likely to be similar to which psychiatric disorder?

What are the most important interventions for the nurse to implement with caring for a client experiencing barbiturate withdrawal? (Select all that apply.)

Loneliness, related to unacceptable interpersonal behaviors is the nursing diagnosis for a patient in an alcohol rehabilitation program.Which AA step is most directly related to this problem?

The nurse suspect that a patient has developed a tolerance for alcohol.Which patient statement supports that suspicion? says, The nurse assesses this phenomenon as related to:

A pregnant patient experiencing insomnia reports taking diazepam and wine in increasing amounts to be able to sleep.The nurse should teach the patient about what risk associated with this habit?

A patient has a history of alcohol abuse.Which prescription drug would cause the nurse to be most concerned about of its risk for cross-dependency?

Which assessment findings would prompt the nurse to suspect a disulfiram reaction?

A patient diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome has the nursing diagnosis impaired memory, related to neurotoxicity of alcohol.Which statement made by the patient confirms the presences of a defining characteristic that applies to this diagnosis?